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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
hemorrhage
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin C - citrus fruits
2. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
vitamin K
rickets - osteomalacia
day week or month
apple is higher risk than a pear
3. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
rickets - osteomalacia
carrots and sweet potatoes
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
5. Where can you get more vitamin D?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dairy and fortified foods
albumin levels
apple is higher risk than a pear
6. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
2.5 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
7. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
one tspn salt or less
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
8. What is normal albumin levels?
cream cheese - cream or butter
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
500 cal/day
vitamin C - citrus fruits
9. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
500 cal/day
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
10. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
protein and fat
albumin levels
diet recall
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
11. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
low albumin levels < 3.4
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
prealbumin levels
12. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
one tspn salt or less
vitamin C - citrus fruits
13. Name six sources of grains
prealbumin levels
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
vitamin C - citrus fruits
milk - enriched grains
14. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
one week period
low albumin levels < 3.4
15. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
500 cal/day
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
16. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
B and C
review of systems
18-25
17. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin C - citrus fruits
starches - sugars - and cellulose
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
18. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
prealbumin levels
hemorrhage
albumin levels
hemoglobin
19. What function is vitamin A?
2.5 cups
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
20. When does BMR decrease?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
apple is higher risk than a pear
antioxidant - immune function
21. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
4 calories/gram
protein and fat
protein
22. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
prealbumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
23. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
trans fatty acid
protein
dietary approach to stop hypertension
24. What is the function of vitamin E?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
antioxidant - immune function
milk - enriched grains
25. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
cream cheese - cream or butter
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
26. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
protein and fat
atrophy or wasting of muscle
diet recall
27. What are healthy sources of fats?
protein and fat
500 cal/day
one tspn salt or less
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
28. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
milk - enriched grains
hemorrhage
2.5 cups
29. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
decrease in total lymphocyte count
atrophy or wasting of muscle
transferrin
30. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fat soluble vitamins
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
31. What is normal BMI?
18-25
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vitamin C - citrus fruits
milk - enriched grains
32. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
dairy and fortified foods
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
4 calories/gram
33. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
albumin levels
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
review of systems
34. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dietary approach to stop hypertension
atrophy or wasting of muscle
35. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
36. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
500 cal/day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein
37. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
2.5 cups
day week or month
38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
hemorrhage
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
39. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
hemorrhage
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
40. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
3 cups
fats
liver and intestinal synthesis
dark green - orange - drybeans
41. What function is vitamin D?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
B and C
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
can consume more calories without weight gain
42. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
6 oz. a day
trans fatty acid
43. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
rickets - osteomalacia
transferrin
liver and intestinal synthesis
low albumin levels < 3.4
44. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
can consume more calories without weight gain
liver and intestinal synthesis
rickets - osteomalacia
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
45. What type of people need extra protein?
can consume more calories without weight gain
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
46. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
trans fatty acid
3 cups
low albumin levels < 3.4
47. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
transferrin
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vitamin C - citrus fruits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
48. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
fat soluble vitamins
protein and fat
carrots and sweet potatoes
49. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
50. When does BMR increase?
6 oz. a day
protein and fat
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vitamin C - citrus fruits
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